Selside Endowed CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Kendal · LA8 9LB · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 4–11
- Absence3.7%
- FSM0.0%
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112320
Grayrigg CofE School
Voluntary aided school · Kendal · LA8 9BU
Ages 4–11 · 67 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
4.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-02-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.3%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 79
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill120%
67 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 67
- Boys / girls
- 35 / 32
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 67 / 56 (120%)
- Free school meals
- 11.9%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Cooper
Location
- Address
- Grayrigg
- Postcode
- LA8 9BU
- Town
- Kendal
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, 67 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 11.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Cooper
- Telephone
- 01539824676